food chain

See also: foodchain

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Noun

food chain (plural food chains)

The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
(idiomatic) A hierarchy.
With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain.

Usage notes

Because the concept of the food chain implies a feeding hierarchy proceeding upwards to a top predator, modern ecologists usually prefer the term food web, since that term allows for a more complicated system of interactions.

Related terms

Translations

feeding relationship between species

Basque: kate trofiko
Catalan: cadena tròfica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食物鏈 (zh), 食物链 (zh) (shíwùliàn), 營養鏈, 营养链 (yíngyǎngliàn)
Czech: potravní řetězec m
Danish: fødekæde (da) c
Dutch: voedselketen (nl) f
Esperanto: nutroĉeno
Finnish: ravintoketju (fi)
French: chaîne alimentaire (fr) f
German: Nahrungskette (de) f
Greek: τροφική αλυσίδα f (trofikí alysída)
Hebrew: שרשרת מזון‎ (he) f (sharsheret mazon)
Hungarian: tápláléklánc (hu)
Irish: slabhra bia m

Italian: catena alimentare f
Japanese: 食物連鎖 (ja) (しょくもつれんさ, shokumotsu rensa)
Korean: 먹이 사슬 (meogi saseul)
Latvian: mitybos grandinė f
Polish: łańcuch pokarmowy (pl) m
Portuguese: cadeia alimentar (pt) f
Punjabi: ਖੁਰਾਕ ਲੜੀ f (khurāk lṛī)
Russian: пищева́я цепь f (piščevája cepʹ), трофи́ческая цепь f (trofíčeskaja cepʹ)
Spanish: cadena alimentaria (es) f, cadena trófica f
Swedish: näringskedja (sv)
Thai: ห่วงโซ่อาหาร (hùuang-sôo-aa-hǎan)
Turkish: besin zinciri (tr)
Vietnamese: chuỗi thức ăn
Welsh: cadwyn fwyd f

idiomatic: a hierarchy

Chinese:
Mandarin: 食物鏈 (zh), 食物链 (zh) (shíwùliàn), 等級制度 (zh), 等级制度 (zh) (děngjí zhìdù), 階層 (zh), 阶层 (zh) (jiēcéng), 层次 (zh) (céngcì)
Danish: fødekæde (da) c, hakkeorden c (lit. "pecking order", referring to chickens)
Dutch: pikorde (nl) f
Finnish: ravintoketju (fi)

Hungarian: tápláléklánc (hu)
Japanese: 食物連鎖 (ja) (shokumotsu-rensa)
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